TV56224 - Learning Mentor

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Beacon Primary School
Davis Road
New Invention
WILLENHALL
WV12 5HA

We are seeking to appoint a full time Learning Mentor on a permanent contract from April 2025 or sooner.

32.5 hours p.w, (term time + 2 weeks) G5 £21,068.37 - £23,981.04 per annum

Beacon Primary is an Outstanding school and is proud to be one of the founding schools of The Lighthouse Federation, a federation that is now 9 schools and growing.

Being part of this Federation, we are able to work collaboratively with like-minded colleagues and our whole school community benefits greatly from this. The Federation also provides fantastic opportunities for the professional development of all staff and there are wider opportunities for those that wish to progress within the school or the federation.

Beacon Primary is an ambitious, successful and inclusive primary school with an outstanding reputation. Our staff are highly committed, hardworking and motivated. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience of working with children with special educational needs to join our friendly, caring, dedicated team of staff and multi-disciplinary colleagues.

We are looking for someone that will:
• Be a positive, enthusiastic and approachable professional to join our vibrant and diverse school.
• Will be able to work flexibly and creatively in a variety of ways to help children overcome their barriers to learning.
• Have good literacy and numeracy skills to at least GCSE or equivalent level and a mentoring qualification.
• Have excellent organisational skills.
• Have excellent behavioural management skills.
• Previous experience of the knowledge and skills for the role is essential.
• Be committed to inclusion and equality of opportunity.
• Forge positive relationships with pupils, staff and parents.
• Be well organised.
• Have the ability to work as part of a team with teaching and support staff.

The successful candidate will be involved in a variety of activities including:
• Developing 1:1 and small group mentoring programmes.
• Safeguarding responsibilities.
• Family liaison, encouraging parental involvement.
• Working collaboratively with external agencies.
• Individual learning support within the classroom.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS; two suitable references, Prohibition check (where applicable); Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity, right to work checks will be required.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Short listed candidates will be required to complete a self-declaration.

Application packs are available from www.beaconprimary.co.uk and must be emailed to shayre@lighthousefederation.com
Informal visits are welcome. Please call school on 01922 710874 to book your visit.

• Closing Date - Wednesday 5th March 2025 at 12 noon.

• Interviews to be held wc Monday 10th March 2025.